WHAT ARE THE DIFFICULTIES OF REGULATING MEDIA IN THIS DIGITAL AGE?
Brief
Douyin
Douyin is a Chinese social media app owned by ByteDance, released in September of 2016. It has 500 million daily users in China. ByteDance is a Chinese company that owns several different businesses in the media industry including social media, news, etc. In October of 2018 they later expanded into the western market, buying the old hit social media app known as musical.ly, under the name TikTok.
Tiktok
TikTok is now a social media app similar to YouTube, having millions of users releasing content every day, with 1 billion active users a day. Its addictive short garbage videos have caused lots of controversy in the western world on its influence and people questioning its regulations. Although it has created lots of opportunities for content creators, it has also turned into an app looked down upon by the older generation.
Regulation
Douyin
- For children under 14 years old:
- App is locked from 10pm to 6am
- Max 40min a day
- Algorithm influenced by government to show educational videos, museum exhibits, patriotism, culture, sports, etc.
TikTok
- No regulations by the government at all, due to US Law Section 230. This law provides immunity from civil liabilities for information service providers that remove or restrict content from their services they deem "obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, excessively violent, harassing, or otherwise objectionable, whether or not such material is constitutionally protected", as long as they act "in good faith" in this action. It is a lot more free than the Chinese predecessor, but also gives way for lots of bad content that may not be healthy for the Western audience.
Link to explanation on China's TikTok (Douyin) vs the US
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